Physics and Astronomy News Archive: December 2010
Astronomers Detect First Carbon-rich Exoplanet
Source: MIT Posted: 12/18/10
Discovery opens door to new class of exoplanets, including rocky planets rich in diamond and graphite.
Source: MIT Posted: 12/18/10
Discovery opens door to new class of exoplanets, including rocky planets rich in diamond and graphite.
Hot Plasma Explosions Inflate Saturn's Magnetic Field
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/17/10
A new analysis based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a causal link between mysterious, periodic signals from Saturn's magnetic field and explosions of hot ionized gas, known as plasma, around the planet.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/17/10
A new analysis based on data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft finds a causal link between mysterious, periodic signals from Saturn's magnetic field and explosions of hot ionized gas, known as plasma, around the planet.
NASA Probe Sees Solar Wind Decline
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/15/10
The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/15/10
The 33-year odyssey of NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft has reached a distant point at the edge of our solar system where there is no outward motion of solar wind.
Cassini Spots Potential Ice Volcano on Saturn Moon
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/15/10
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock.
Source: JPL/NASA Posted: 12/15/10
NASA's Cassini spacecraft has found possible ice volcanoes on Saturn's moon Titan that are similar in shape to those on Earth that spew molten rock.
Fourth Planet Discovered in Extra-Solar System
Source: LLNL Posted: 12/15/10
Astronomers have discovered a fourth giant planet, joining three others that, in 2008, were the subject of the first-ever pictures of a planetary system orbiting another star.
Source: LLNL Posted: 12/15/10
Astronomers have discovered a fourth giant planet, joining three others that, in 2008, were the subject of the first-ever pictures of a planetary system orbiting another star.
Learning From Hot Jupiters
Source: MIT Posted: 12/15/10
By studying how massive planets may have formed, MIT astrophysicist sets the stage for studying smaller, more Earthlike planets.
Source: MIT Posted: 12/15/10
By studying how massive planets may have formed, MIT astrophysicist sets the stage for studying smaller, more Earthlike planets.
Astronomers Use Moon in Effort to Corral Elusive Cosmic Particles
Source: NRAO Posted: 12/6/10
Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space, a team of astronomers used the Moon as part of an innovative telescope system for the search.
Source: NRAO Posted: 12/6/10
Seeking to detect mysterious, ultra-high-energy neutrinos from distant regions of space, a team of astronomers used the Moon as part of an innovative telescope system for the search.
Massive Galaxies Formed When Universe Was Young
Source: Tufts Posted: 12/1/10
Some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models predict, according to surprising new research findings.
Source: Tufts Posted: 12/1/10
Some of the universe's most massive galaxies may have formed billions of years earlier than current scientific models predict, according to surprising new research findings.
Surprise link between weird quantum phenomena found
Source: CQT Posted: 12/1/10
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics.
Source: CQT Posted: 12/1/10
Researchers have uncovered a fundamental link between the two defining properties of quantum physics.
Magnetism Common to All Cosmic Jets
Source: NRAO Posted: 12/1/10
Astronomers have found the first evidence of a magnetic field in a jet of material ejected from a young star.
Source: NRAO Posted: 12/1/10
Astronomers have found the first evidence of a magnetic field in a jet of material ejected from a young star.
